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Mihrimah Sultan Camii (Edirnekapı)

Mihrimah Sultan Camii (Edirnekapı)

Also known as Mihrimah Sultan Mosque at Edirnekapı

Architect

Mimar Sinan

Year

1570

Style

Islamic

Type

mosque

Mihrimah Sultan Mosque at Edirnekapı stands beside the Theodosian land walls on one of Istanbul's highest sites. Sinan designed it for Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, and it was finished around 1570 on a hilltop…

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Mihrimah Sultan Camii (Edirnekapı)
Mihrimah Sultan Camii (Edirnekapı)

Timeline

  1. 1570

    Original construction

    Mimar Sinan

  2. 1999-2010

    Restoration

    Repairs followed the 1999 Marmara earthquake and addressed structural damage to the mosque's slender piers and the surrounding complex fabric.

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